Tag Archives: Match reports

22 JAN

Match report: Fulham 5-2 Newcastle United

By Tom Sizeland Clint Dempsey scored a hat-trick, as Fulham overcame a dreary first half performance to send Newcastle crashing to defeat. Danny Guthrie opened the scoring on the 43rd minute, with a fantastic strike on the edge of the penalty box. A controversial penalty allowed Danny Murphy to level the game, but a Dempsey [...]

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13 DEC

Adaptable AVB proves why Roman dug so deep into his pockets for him

By Josh Handrick After last night’s victory over the unbeaten league leaders Manchester City, AVB’s Chelsea seem to have turned a corner from a run of tough games after some previously bad results. Is the erratic Portuguese manager now proving why Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich paid his buy out clause at former club Porto. Despite [...]

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28 NOV

Black Cats firing blanks

By James Presland As the full time whistle blew at the Stadium of Light on Saturday, Sunderland were greeted by what has become a customary round of boos. Another defeat, and a third home loss of the season, was all the more painful as Wigan pounced on a defensive error in the 93rd minute to [...]

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28 NOV

We need to talk about Wigan

By Douglas Elder After a disastrous start to the season, it would appear Wigan’s fortunes are finally turning around. As Christmas approaches, Santo was given a gift as Wigan came from behind to triumph over fellow strugglers Sunderland.

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22 NOV

Tottenham 2-0 Aston Villa

By Samuel Luckhurst The man from No 10 watched on as Tottenham’s number 10 regained his potency. Emmanuel Adebayor had not scored since late September before his brace sunk an anodyne Aston Villa and propelled his new north London club to 3rd in the Premier League.

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22 NOV

Marriner out at sea as Blackburn tread water

Wigan Athletic 3-3 Blackburn Rovers By Aidan McLoughlin It may be too early in the season to apply the phrase “six-pointer” but this bottom-of-the-table Lancashire derby showed why the phrase may be justified.

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22 NOV

Match report: Chelsea 1 Liverpool 2

By Mark Jones It was supposed to be a day when an established performer stood up and produced a goalscoring display against his former club, and ultimately it was. Chelsea’s Fernando Torres had been on the pitch for just three minutes when he saw the Liverpool full-back Glen Johnson cut a swathe through a defence [...]

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07 NOV

Fergie makes a stand: Manchester United 1-0 Sunderland

By Chris Blackburn Awaited by a guard of honour, a supreme figure trudges onto the carpet of green, applauded by thousands, the man gleamingly reaches the Arenas centre, greeted by a familiar towering being, he is directed to the face of the structure, peering through his transparent mechanism, six figures unfolded a piece of beguiling [...]

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31 OCT

Flying Dutchman Settles Bridge Thriller

By Feargal Brennan A hat trick from Arsenal Captain Robin van Persie handed Arsenal a 5-3 victory over Chelsea in dramatic style in their Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge. Two late goals from van Persie sealed the win for Arsenal, who showed remarkable resilience and composure to win at Chelsea for the first time [...]

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24 OCT

Silva shines brightly over Blue Moon with display of pure gold

By Jordan Halford Manchester’s autumnal skyline will be shimmering with the aurora of a blue moon this evening, as the Moss Side celebrates Manchester City’s biggest win against their closest rivals at Old Trafford since 1926. Roberto Mancini’s side brought United’s 19-game winning run at the Theatre of Dreams to a shuddering halt in emphatic [...]

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